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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Who's Watching The Kids' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Who's Watching The Kids':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

May 19, 1978: Legs
Season 1, episode 1
W: Walter Kempley, Marty Nadler   D: Alan Rafkin
Debut of a comedy series about a widow who works as a comedienne at a seedy Las Vegas hotel to support her son, and shares her apartment with an aspiring showgirl and her 9-year-old sister. Stars Marcia Lewis, Scott Baio, Caren Kaye, Tammy Lauren.

September 22, 1978: The Odd Family
Season 1, episode 2
W: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein   D: John Lennox

With Shirley Kirkes (Venus), Elaine Bolton (Bridget), Marv Dennis (Billy Joe Bob), Ed Cree (Bubba). Series premiere. Angie and Stacy, two Las Vegas showgirls, invite their new neighbor Larry over for dinner, hoping he will tutor Angie's tough-talking teenage brother, Frankie. Lynda Goodfriend, Caren Kaye, Scott Baio and Larry Breeding star.

September 29, 1978: Melissa Runs Away
Season 1, episode 3
W: Sandra Kay Siegel   D: Ray DeVally Jr.

With Elaine Bolton (Bridget), Nyla Rogers (Sheila). Frankie blames himself when Melissa runs away after learning that her grown-up "date" has a grown-up girlfriend.

October 6, 1978: Frankie Loves Memphis
Season 1, episode 4
W: Fred Fox Jr.   D: John Lennox

With Shirley Kirkes (Venus), Elaine Bolton (Bridget). Frankie falls in love with an older woman.

October 27, 1978: The Hostage
Season 1, episode 5
W: Tony DiMarco, David Ketchum   D: John Lennox

With Robert Donner (Stanley). Larry is taken hostage by a man who threatens to detonate a bomb on the air unless the world stops smoking.

November 3, 1978: Love Finds Bert Gunkel
Season 1, episode 6
W: Sol Weinstein, Howard Albrecht, Tony DiMarco, David Ketchum   D: John Lennox, David Ketchum

With Constance McCashin (Sybil), Lorrie Mahaffey (Memphis O'Hara), Debbie White (Bootsie). Bert leans on Larry to fix him up with his uppity English cousin, but afterwards wishes he hadn't.

November 10, 1978: Rustic Retreat
Season 1, episode 7
W: Casey Keller, Richard Albrecht   D: Ray DeVally Jr.

With Savannah Smith (Ranger Pam), Ed Cree (Bubba). Shortly after Larry, Bert and Frankie arrive at an isolated mountain cabin, their food supply is stolen by a strange looking bear.

November 24, 1978: Hit And Run
Season 1, episode 8
W: Roger Garrett   D: David Ketchum

With Glen Dodson, Al Alu (Hit Man), Joe Mays (Bartender), Darlene Conley. Bert vaguely recalls having paid a hit man he met in a bar $50 to "get" Larry.

December 8, 1978: Good News, Bad News
Season 1, episode 9
W: Fred Maio   D: John Lennox

With Miriam Flynn (Ms. Collins). Rehearsing for her TV debut on a Kids News spot, 9-year-old Melissa turns on her vast vocabulary and turns off the station manager.

December 15, 1978: Frankie's 16th Birthday
Season 1, episode 10
W: Gary Belkin   D: John Lennox

With Ricky Powell, Shannon Terhune (Peggy), Lorrie Mahaffey (Memphis O'Hara). Frankie and a female classmate become the subjects of gossip after they study alone together in Larry's apartment. (Last show of the series.)


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